Facilitating ecological enhancement of coastal infrastructure: The role of policy, people and planning

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-46

  Naylor, Larissa A ^a   Coombes, Martin A ^a   Venn, Orlando ^b   Roast, Stephen D ^c   Thompson, Richard C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Treweek Environmental Consultants ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal infrastructure; Ecological engineering; Ecological enhancement; Knowledge broker; Science policy; Science practice; Urban coastal ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FLOODING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PLANNING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84864142585     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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